Description
Book SynopsisPhilosophical Essays on Free Stuff by Robyn Ferrell offers a depiction of figures of freedom in consumer culture, a world made image by the internet and globalization. Through word and image associations, Ferrell links the question of "free" to the effects of instrumentalism in the political sphere. The discussion proceeds through figures of freedom which allow the question to come into focus through diverse perspectives. Each essay is autonomous, and all are linked. Grounded in critical theory, continental philosophy, and cultural studies, Ferrell explores ideas of free gift, free thought, free time, free choice, free love, free market, free speech, and free world.
Table of ContentsContents
[list of photographs]
[acknowledgments]
[preface]
[introduction]… free form
market values
[one] … free gift
[two] … free time
[three] … free market
[four] … free speech
[five] … free world
technological thinking
[six] … free choice
[seven] … free love
[eight] … free thought
[afterword]
